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DIOKEY FOR SHIRTS.

No. 338,563. Patented Mar. 23, 1886.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES H. SIMONSON, OF ALBANY, NEV YORK.

DICKEY FOR SHIRTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 338,563, dated March23, 1886.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES H. SIMoNsoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Albany, in the county of Albany and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Dickeys for Shirts, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My iavention relates to a dickey provided with a saddle which isdetachable, and arranged to rest on the back of the person of thewearer, and hold with tagging ends extended from the upper end portionsof the dickey by means of studs, buttons, or equivalent fastenings; andit consists of the devices and elements and combinations of devices andelements hereinafter particularly described, and set forth in the claim.

The object of my invention is to provide a saddle to be worn on the backof the wearer, from his neck downwardly, which will be provided withmeans for its attachment to tagging ends made with the upper end sideportions of the dickey, and also with means for its attachment with acollar from the rear side thereof, while the collar itself will besecured from its front side to the dickey. I attain this object by themeans illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a dickey andcollar connected with the saddle. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the saddle.Fig. 3 is a plan view of the dickey, and Fig. 4 is a plan View of thesaddle and dickey when connected to gether as worn.

The same letters of reference refer to like parts throughout the severalviews.

In the drawings, A represents the dickey, which is made of linen orother suitable fabric, and with any preferred form of front. Made withthe upper end of this dickey is the neck-opening b, which is provided inits forward half portion with the neckband or yokeband I), which is madeto project upwardly in relation to the general surface of the dickey forsupport of the collar in the usual manner. The upper end portions of thedickey at the sides of its neck-opening b are extended relativelyrearward to a distance sufficient to reach past'the shoulder of thewearer, and produce the shoulder tags or pieces a a. These shoulder-tagsare each provided with an eyelet or button hole or equivalent fasteningde vice, a, for connection with the saddle-piece B. The neck-opening bis made with a neckband, I), which in its forward portion rises abovethe general surface or plane of the dickey in a manner similar to thatgenerally employed for insuring a good set, and for connection with acollar. The saddle-piece B is made preferably with the form shown of anysuitable fabric. Its neck side edge, 12 is made with a concave form ofshape, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. At the corners of this saddle piece,at points corresponding with fastening devices a a in the tags a a ofthe dickey, are eyelets or fastening devices 6 e, by which connection ofthis saddle-piece with the dickey will be made by means of studs 8 s orbuttons. At the middle of length of the neck side b of the saddle, andat a short distance from the edge thereof, is eyelet-hole e, forconnection of the collar 0 with the saddle-piece. Collar C is made withany known style or form, and is connected at its front with the front ofthe band I) of the dickey by means of stud s, and at its rear side withsaddle-piece B by means of stud 8'. If preferred, buttons can be used inplace of studs.

WVhen the dickey, by its tags ad, is connected with the saddle-piece Bfrom its corner portions B B by the studs or buttons, the con nectionswill be made at the shoulders of the wearer instead of at the rear side,as heretofore, and the wearer can, by simply loosening one end of thecollar and one of the studs 8 at the shoulder, remove the dickey,saddlepiece, and collar in a connected manner, with the collar heldconnected with the dickey by stud s, and with the saddle-piece by studs,while the saddle-piece and the dickey will be held connected together bystud s opposite to the loosened stud s first mentioned, and by the studs8 and s" and the connected portions of collar 0 with said studs and thedickey and saddle-piece. This secure connection of the three articleswith each other, when parts are loosened as above described, is of greatadvantage aud convenience to the classes of persons who usually wearthis class of article such as engineers, firemen, and others with whomwoolen shirts are, as a general thing, a permanent garment, and who areoften required by circumstances peculiar to their oocupationlto suitablyattire themselves for the business in hand.

I am aware that dickeys made with their corner ends extended rearward,so as vto be connected at the back of the neck, are old; also, thatsuspenders and other appliancessuch as cords and tapes-used with dickeysfor holding them in place on the wearer are also old; and, also, thatneckbands secured to a skirt, to be worn below the shirt, used withshirts having their dickeys secured to the neckband from its front side,are also old. These features form no part of my invention.

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